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		hhjinks on May 6, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Wikipedia user edits over 90k uses of “comprised o... Simplifying the language, so that non-native speakers can understand it, doesn't automatically make the text better. That's a wild assertion. Worse yet, Simple English Wikipedia exists for that exact purpose.

ttiurani on May 7, 2023 [–]

I agree and that's why I referred to "the edited sentences" and not English in general.

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